Study of the properties of hard and soft particle production as a function of particle multiplicity in p-p collisions at √s = 7 TeV
Abstract
The characteristics of multi-particle production in p-p collisions at √s = 7
TeV are studied as a function of the event charged particle multiplicity (
Nch), by classifying the measured tracks into two distinct classes, those belonging to jets and those belonging to the underlying event (UE). Charged tracks are measured within pseudorapidity |η| <2.4 above transverse momenta
pT = 0.25
GeV/c and charged-particle jets are reconstructed above
pT = 5
GeV/c with track-only information. The distributions of jet pT, average pT of UE tracks and jets, jet rates, and jet shapes are studied as a function of Nch and are compared to the predictions of the PYTHIA and HERWIG Monte Carlo (MC) event generators. As the event-multiplicity increases, PYTHIA systematically predicts higher jet rates and harder pT spectra than seen in the data, whereas HERWIG shows the opposite trend. In the lowest-multiplicity events, the data show narrower jets than predicted by both MC generators.
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Figure 1. Event topology: small colored rectangles represent charged particles; semitransparent grey areas cover charged particles belonging to jets . |
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Figure 2. Dependence of pT spectrum of the charged-particles of the underlying event on the radius of the jet-defining cones. |
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Figure 3. Charged particle multiplicity distributions for all the multiplicity bins measured in the data and compared to four MC predictions. |
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Figure 4. Mean transverse momentum of inclusive charged tracks with pT > 0.25 GeV/c versus the corrected p-p charged-particle multiplicity (Nch within |η|<2.4), full events in p-p collisions at 7 TeV. |
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Figure 5. Mean transverse momentum of UE charged tracks with pT > 0.25 GeV/c versus corrected charged-particle multiplicity (Nch within |η|<2.4) in p-p collisions at 7 TeV. |
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Figure 6. Mean transverse momentum of intrajet charged tracks with pT > 0.25 GeV/c versus charged-particle multiplicity (Nch within |η|<2.4) in p-p collisions at 7 TeV. |
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Figure 7. Mean transverse momentum of leading intrajet charged tracks with pT > 0.25 GeV/c versus charged-particle multiplicity (Nch within|η|<2.4) in p-p collisions at 7 TeV. |
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Figure 8. Number of charged-particle jets per event for threshold pTch.jet</em > 5 GeV/c and axes within |η|< 1.9 versus charged-particle multiplicity Nch (within |η|<2.4) in p-p collisions at 7 TeV. |
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Figure 9. Number of charged-particle jets per event for threshold pTch.jet</em > 30 GeV/c and axes within |η|< 1.9 versus charged-particle multiplicity Nch (within |η|<2.4) in p-p collisions at 7 TeV. |
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Figure 10. Mean transverse momentum of charged-particle jets (with pTch.jet</em >>5 GeV/c and axes within |η|< 1.9) versus charged-particle multiplicity (Nch (within |η|<2.4) in p-p collisions at 7 TeV. |
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Figure 11. Inclusive charged-particle jet pT spectrum in the charged-particle multiplicity domain 10 <Nch < 30 in p-p collisions at 7 TeV. |
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Figure 12. Inclusive charged-particle jet pT spectrum in the charged-particle multiplicity domain 30 <Nch < 50 in p-p collisions at 7 TeV. |
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Figure 13. Inclusive charged-particle jet pT spectrum in the charged-particle multiplicity domain 50 <Nch < 80 in p-p collisions at 7 TeV. |
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Figure 14. Inclusive charged-particle jet pT spectrum in the charged-particle multiplicity domain 80 <Nch < 110 in p-p collisions at 7 TeV. |
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Figure 15.Inclusive charged-particle jet pT spectrum in the charged-particle multiplicity domain 110 <Nch < 140 in p-p collisions at 7 TeV. |
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Figure 16. Charged-particle jet pT density in ring zones as a function of distance to the jet axis, R, in the charged-particle multiplicity domain 10 <Nch < 30 in p-p collisions at 7 TeV. |
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Figure 17. Charged-particle jet pT density in ring zones as a function of distance to the jet axis, R, in the charged-particle multiplicity domain 30 <Nch < 50 in p-p collisions at 7 TeV. |
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Figure 18. Charged-particle jet pT density in ring zones as a function of distance to the jet axis, R, in the charged-particle multiplicity domain 50 <Nch < 80 in p-p collisions at 7 TeV. |
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Figure 19. Charged-particle jet pT density in ring zones as a function of distance to the jet axis, R, in the charged-particle multiplicity domain 80 <Nch < 110 in p-p collisions at 7 TeV. |
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Figure 20. Charged-particle jet pT density in ring zones as a function of distance to the jet axis, R, in the charged-particle multiplicity domain 110 <Nch < 140 in p-p collisions at 7 TeV. |